AHMEN Fun

Lunch and Coffee with Friends: Jasper, Al

Sometimes what starts out as one thing ends up as another..  This past Thursday Guf and Mary Guffey called to say they would like to have lunch in Jasper at RubyTuesday’s.

We sent the word out to anyone intreated and ended with a delightful diverse lunch crowd.  As the conversation and familiarity built up waitresses and neighboring tables asked what was the celebration.  Yep, you guessed it, we told the Honduras and invited them to join us this year in a mission trip.

While iit is true wed id not [t have any takers, we sure learned a lot from each other.  At some  point we began to ask about “your favorite thing” about Honduras.  It fascinated me what we me up with.

Bruce McCullough allowed this to be his first year and he planned to take few musical instruments and just see what God had in mind for him.  

Beverly Callagher, the lady whose pictures have raised money for the orphans soup kitchens, plans to spend time with Maribella from Shalom and talk about paintings.

Brenda McClain’s favorite part of the mission is evangelism.  Brenda is a veteran to “It’s a God Thing” team and Belaire, Honduras.

Lou Altman, and her grandson Joshua, was promoting Limon, Honduras and the sewing schools, per usual.  She picked up a sewing machine form Auburn.

Bruce McFadden show us “his baby”, a data base that will allow teams to keep up with all aspects of their mission work, then share the information with the next team.

Guf and Mary brought vitamins, sewing machines, and computers for each of the projects.  When asked by Beverly what Mary liked bust, she said: Honduras.

Guf is working hard to amalgamate the AHMEN SIFT Worksop being held in Limon in March with the Greg Rushton team to Limon/Plan de Flores to train the community agents and some of the students in the deaf school in eco friendly stoves, water purification, and “bottle lights”.

The food w as good, the mood expectant, and fun was had by all.

Come join us next time,

Tom Camp

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Palacios, Honduras Missionaries visit Alabama Dec. 2011

Nathan and Rebecca Lloyd-Jones:

Who are they?

Why do you Care?

I first met Nathan and Rebecca two years in Palacio, Honduras.  One of AHMEN’s teams was headed for La Mosquitia and we were schedule to stop over in Palacio, spend the night, then hire boats for our trip up river into the jungles.  

When we got into Palacio and were preparing to check into the Hotel, we were informed there was a convention in town and they had given our rooms away.  A convention in Palacio?  That didn’t make since until we saw some of the “conventioneers” coming out of their rooms.  Each well armed with pistols, machine guns, sunglasses. and serious expressions on their faces.  We new we were going to lose this argument.

Then comes Jesus Cacho, Mario, and Marlene “to the rescue”.  There is an “offshoot” of Cruzadas del Evangelico in Palacio with a mission compound, bilingual school, and sleeping quarters.  One quick phone call and we are staying in a wonderful sleeping house with stove, showers, and beds.  This compound is run by Nathan and Rebecca.

Last year Guf, Mary, Marlene, and myself stayed there while the rest of the Jungle Team went upriver.  Guf and Mary held an eye clinic for the kids in the school and we went across the river to Pueblo Neuvo to hold medical/eye clinic with Jesus’s sister Julia.

What a pleasant surprise when Guf and I got a phone call from Nathan saying they were in Florida and would be coming thru Jasper on Thursday morning, Dec. 15th.

We had a delightful breakfast in Jasper, good fellowship, good food, and making  plans for next year.

Lou and Lela, along with a future AHMEN team members discussed how deaf and/or disabled kids from Palacio could find  a school and “home” in Plan de Flores with Marianna and Alfredito.

Guf and Mary, in their usually open minded, searching, way welcomed them with true Alabama hospitality.

Some things we learned:

1. They would welcome small teams to work with their school, medical/eye clinics, and the local hight school in teaching.  They are particularly interested in educating their youth in the consequences of drugs “up the line” from the supply chain.  They estimate 70 to 80% of boys from 12-13 years old work in the drug trade.  They work to offer them other choices.
2. They could use a library for their primary school grade in the bilingual school.

Their contact numbers are:

011-504-9650-9042

or nandrhondras@yahoo.com

If any of this appeals to you, consider being a part of this potential new area for changing the lives of youth.

Tom Camp

Rebecca, Nathan, Lexie, and Rev. Anthony Gilbert

Lela, Lou, Guf, Mary, Nathan, Rebecca at Breakfast in Jasper

The Guffeys ande the Lloyd-Jones

Dec. 2011

What does it mean to say: "I am an American"?

While attending the Projecto Honduras seminar in Copan, Honduras last week I was sitting at a  table make up of an interesting group of people:

One Brazilian

One Honduran

One Ex-patriot American raised in Chili

Three Alabamians

The question came up, what does it mean to be an American?

Each of the people at the table considered themselves to be an American.  As a matter of fact, several thought we Alabamians might be consider to a little presumptuous thinking only of ourselves as Americans.

Interesting thought.

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